On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Praveen C H wrote: > Hi, > > I used netlinksockets for kernel to user communication (the family is NETLINK_ROTE )and when sending the message from user to kernel > the netlink_unicast function calls the correponding recev function to dequeue the > skb from the sockets recev queue and whick in tern calls the corresponding do it function.the path is clear from user to kernel. > > when sending message from the kerenl land to user land we place the skb > in the revev queue by using the netlink_unicast which again calls the > corresponding revev function.Then how can we get the message passed from > the kernel to user land. > > 1. How can we get the message passed from the kernel to usar land ? > 2. In user land what call we should use to get the message? For routing messages, you should use libnetlink from Alexey's iproute2 package, also see netlink(7) and rtnetlink(7). - James -- James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au> - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
